Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections ...

In a study published in Neuron, a research team at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, aimed to understand how immune cells of the brain, called microglia, contribute to ...

A South Korean research group has reported in a new paper that artificial intelligence and light-based genetic tools can work ...

A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered how animals sense that things smell pleasant ...

Scientists have identified a single gene that gives rise to a rare form of diabetes, unique to newborn babies.

Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...

Madeline Lancaster created the first brain organoids, which have revolutionised our understanding of how the brain works - ...

When I first realized the scale of the challenge posed by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ...

Scientists studying the clonal raider ant have now discovered how this works: each neuron activates one odor gene while silencing all the others. The finding reveals a hidden genetic process that ...

Figure AI’s new humanoid robot, Figure 03, is designed for mass production, powered by AI, and capable of folding laundry, ...